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From: daw1@rduxb.UUCP (WILLIAMS)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: Counterfeit Blank Cassette Tape???
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Date: Sun, 25-Aug-85 19:14:52 EDT
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Posted: Sun Aug 25 19:14:52 1985
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> 
> The older Maxells I own merely said POSITION HIGH on the wrapper.  I also have
> noticed that the new ones have a Universal Product Code (UPC) on the back  of
> the wrapper instead of the graph of the frequency response on the older ones.
> 
> My question is: could these new ones be counterfeits?  The price I paid was
> a little on the low side, only $2.79 each at Saxitone Tapes, a local blank
> tape/accessories dealer.  Or could this be a change in labeling by Maxell?
> Both the new ones and the old ones I have show the address of Maxell Corporation
> of America in Moonachie, New Jersey on them....
>                         
	Actually I wondered if the older ones were counterfeit! There
is a spelling error on all the UD-XLII's I have: Maxell spelled it
Corproation. I always wondered about the knuckleheads that allow
typos to get into production, especially for years. (But then again,
if you've ever read a shop manual for a Japanese bike the word typo
would take on new meaning!)


					Doug Williams
					AT&T Bell Labs
					Reading, PA
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